As we mentioned on Monday, Relapse director of retail sales and marketing and New York City metal fixture Pat Egan passed away earlier this week in a hospital after suffering complications from pneumonia. He touched the lives of many that he met, including countless bands he worked with. But as a lifelong metalhead, Egan loved [...]
Believe it or not, metal still gets played on the radio! In addition to channels like SiriusXM’s Liquid Metal and nationally syndicated shows like Full Metal Jackie, there are still hundreds of outlets for heavy music in the United States. Most college radio stations have a metal show or two, and there are also commercial [...]
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. In case you missed it, Pantera’s seminal album Vulgar Display Of Power turned 20 years old on Saturday (February 25). While 1990′s Cowboys From Hell was the first of the band’s albums to be released nationally, Vulgar Display Of Power was far and away [...]
Kat Katz, vocalist of Salome, has decided to leave the band. “I’m no longer in Salome because of personal conflicts within the band,” she said in a statement on Facebook. “I wish them well if hey decide to continue on, and I hope they’re successful with all their projects. I’m continiung with Agoraphobic Nosebleed and [...]
In less than four weeks, it will be 2010, which can only mean one thing. All our favorite metal scribes and blogs are dusting off their trusty thesaruses (thesari?) and cranking up the hyperbole machine to come out with their list of the year’s best music. But since January 1 will bring not only a new year, but [...]
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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